Esley Hamilton donated the collection in May 1995. Larry Lowic collected this material in the process of writing several books and articles on arcitecture in St. Louis. He also created an exhibit on architecture for the St. Louis Art Museum.
Larry Lowic, a native of New York, graduated from Yale with a PHD. He recieved a Fullbright-Hayes Fellowship to study architecture in Italy. Lowic produced the material on St. Louis architecture while teaching art history at Washington University. His book The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, 1803-1891 is responsible for most of the material in this collection. He was teaching architectural history at Florida A&M when he died in 1988.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection contains mostly secondary source material Lowic collected for his book along with notes he made on the material. Although Lowic's book regards architecture, the collection is a valuable resource for early St. Louis history. One series of publications about St. Louis were added to the collection from an earlier accession. Material from this collection regarding Francesco di Giorgio were placed with the material from the earlier accession regarding European architecture.
SERIES DESCRIPTION
SERIES 1: John Albury Bryant
This series contains three of Bryants works regarding architecture in St. Louis. Other short articles by Bryant appear elsewhere in the collection.
SERIES 2: St. Louis Architectural Styles
This series contains articles on the various influences in St. Louis architecture. Including the French and Italian.
SERIES 3: St. Louis Architects
This series contains information on the major architects and architectural firms that built many of St. Louis' most impressive buildings and homes. Many of them are catalouges with building histoies.
SERIES 4: St. Louis Historical Buildings
Information on St. Louis buildings including the Old Post Office, Court House and buildings on the riverfront before the arch.
SERIES 5: St. Louis Business and Residential Districts
Information in this sereis pertains to once prominant residential neighborhoods such as Cabanne Place and LaSalle Park as well as early business distircts.
SERIES 6: St. Louis Churches
Information on several St. Louis area churches organized by denomination.
SERIES 7: St. Louis History and Culture
The history of the French in St. Lous, Information about the Germans in St. Louis and other historical articles.
SERIES 8: Historic Preservation
Information on the historic preservation effort in St. Louis, both successful and unsuccessful.
SERIES 9: Lowic, Larry, Manuscripts: St. Louis Architectural
This series contains material from Lowic's book, The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, as well as material for an exhibit.
SERIES 10: Publications about St. Louis
This material was added from a previous accession and contains books on various St. Louis neighborhoods, buildings and events
SERIES 11: Catalogues
This series contains catalogs of ornamental iron and terra cotta building material.
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1
SERIES 1 John Albury Bryan
1. Bryan, John Albury: Architectural Advance in the West. October 1, 1960
2. Bryan, John Albury: Iron in St. Louis Architecture. August 1961
3. Bryan, John Albury: The Changing Scene on the St. Louis Riverfront, 1764-1954. October 1, 1954
SERIES 2 St. Louis Architectural Styles
4. St. Louis: Early Stone Houses.
5. St. Louis: 1850-1860 The Italianate
6. Downtown St. Louis Demolition Record, 1977
7. French Archetecture, New Orleans, Ste. Genevieve
SERIES 3 St. Louis Architects
8. St. Louis Architects
9. Barnett, Haynes and Barnett
10. George I. Barnett: Catalouge
11. Mauran, Russell and Garden
12. Cope and Stewardson: James P. Jamieson: Jamieson and Spearl
13. Stewart, McClure and Mullgardt (1892-1894)
14. Cobb, Henry Ives
15. Eames and Young
16. Eidlitz, Leopold, The Nature and Function of Art: More Especially of Architecture., 1881, part 1
17. Eidlitz, Leopold, The Nature and Function of Art: More Especially of Architecture., 1881, part 2
18. Peabody and Stearns
19. Price, Bruce
20. Richardsonian Romanesque
21. Richardson, H. H.
22. Sheply, Rutan and Coolidge
23. Swasey, W. Albert
24. Taylor, Isaac
SERIES 4: St. Louis Historical Buildings
25. Factories
26. Hospitals and Charities
27. Municipal Buildings and Clubs
28. Restaurants and Theaters
29. Schools
30. Roubidoux Sites
31. Old Rock House
32. Labor
33. Old Custom House
34. Merchant's Exchange
BOX 2
35. Old Post Office
36. Municipal Services
37. Ante Bellum Houses
38. Post Bellum Houses
39. Old Court House
40. Hotel
41. Planters House and Planters Hotel
42. Cast Iron Buildings
43. Buildings Near the Riverfront
44. Recomendation of Buildings to be Spared on Riverfront, 1939
45. Main Street
46. Early Buildings to 1804
47. Second Street
48. Third Street
SERIES 5: St. Louis Business and Residential Districts
49. Central Business District West
50. Central Business District East
51. Financial District
52. Washington Avenue/Hadley Dean District
53. Wainright/Real Estate Row District
54. Old Post Office District
55. Washington Avenue/Union Market District
56. John Randall Study
57. Broadway
58. Pine Street
59. Olive Street
60. Locust Street
61. St. Charles Avenue
62. Washington Avenue
63. Fullerton's Westminster Place
64. Lewis Place
65. Shaw Place
66. Hyde Park and Bissell-College Hill
67. LaSalle Park
68. Midtown
69. Cabanne Place
70. North St. Louis
71. Riverfront
72. Riverfront, Block 7
73, Riverfront, Artifacts
74. Soulard
75. South Side
76. Lafayette Square and Benton Park
77. Carondelet
BOX 3
78. Vandeventer Place
79. Fairgrounds Neighborhood
80. Arlington and Walnut Park Neighborhood
81. Oak Hill and Morganford Neighborhood
82. Shaw Neighborhood
83. Oakland and Clifton Neighborhood
SERIES 6: St. Louis Churches
84. Old Cathedral
85. Roman Catholic Churches
86. Unitarian Churches
87. Presbyterian Churches
88. Methodist Churches
89. Baptist Churches
90. Evangelical and Lutheran Churches
91. Congregationalist Churches
92. Episcopalian Churches
93. Jewish Synagogues
SERIES 7: St. Louis History and Culture
94. The French in the Mississippi Valley
95. French Cities, St. Louis and Ste Genevieve
96. Americans in the Mississippi: 1804-1820
97. St. Louis, 1803-1840
98. St. Louis, 1803-1840, Americanization
99. St. Louis, 1803-1840, Americanization
100. St. Louis, 1840-1860
101. The Great Fire of 1849
102. Agricultural and Mechanical Fairs, 1856-1909
103. St. Louis Hegelianism
104. Social Problems
105. St. Louis, 1860-1890
106. St. Louis, 1875-1904
107. Nineteenth Century American Architecture
BOX 4
SERIES 8: Historic Preservation
108. City Plan Reports
109. Historic Preservation
110. Gateway Mall
111. Heritage and Urban Design
112. Observer Views of St. Louis
113. Maps and Views
SERIES 9: Lowic, Larry, Manuscripts: St. Louis Architecture
114. St. Louis, Outline for Book
115. The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis
116. The Architectural Heritage of St. Louis, Draft
117. Bibliography
118. Reference Material for Book
119. Proposal for Exhibition
120. Exhibition Captions
SERIES 10: Publications about St. Louis
121. St. Louis Portraits of the Past, Hagen, Harry M., 1976
122. Community Harmony, Mendelson, Robert E. et al. 1980
123. St. Louis in 1884, Bishop, William Henry, 1977
124. Choosing a Past to Construct a Future, Washington University School of Architecture, 1980
125. History: Physical Growth of the City of St. Louis, St. Louis Plan Commission, 1969
126. Washington Avenue Redevelopment Plan, 1983
127. Historic Sites Inventory, 1980
128. Laclede's Landing, 1977
129. Compton Heights, 1984
130. Soulard, 1975
131. Our Legacy, Winter, 1978-1979
132. Landmarks of St. Louis, May 1963
BOX 5
133. The Buiding Art in St. Louis:Two Centuries, McCue, George, 1967, 1981
134. St. Louis, Troen and Holt, 1977
135. Historic Buildings in St. Louis County, 1983
136. 100 Historic Buildings in St. Louis County, 1970
137. Urban Oasis: 75 Years in Parkview a St. Louis Private Place, 1979
138. St. Sanislaus Church, 50 year book, 1930 and 100 year, 1980
139. The Old Courthouse, Dosch, Donald F., 1979
140. A Pictorial History of St. Louis, 1968
141. The St. Louis Old Post Office, 1979
142. Washington University in St. Louis: Its Design and Architecture, 1978
143. Laumeier Sculpture Park: The First Decade 1976-1986
144. Foundations From the Past, 1974
145. Malls For Downtown St. Louis, 1982
146. The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve, Franzwa, Gregory M. 1967
147. New Opportunities for Residential Development in Central Cities, 1978
148. Washington University School of Fine Arts, The First Hundred Years, 1979
149. VP Fair Souvenir Program, 1981
150. St. Louis After World War II, City Plan Commission, 1942
151. The Cupples House, 1980
SERIES 12: Catalogues
152. Cass Avenue Iron Works and Foundry
153. The Union Iron and Foundry Co.
154. Brick, Magazine, May 1, 1904
155. Brick, Magazine, June 1904
156. The Winkle Terra Cotta Company
157. The Story of Terra Cotta, 1920
158. The Clay, Stone, Lime and Sand Industries of St. Louis City and County, 12/1890
159. The Baltimore Terra Cotta Company
SERIES 13: Lowic, Larry: Published Articles
160. "The Malling of St. Louis", New Art Examiner, March 1981
161. "The Cost of 'PRIDE'", St. Louis Rehabber Magazine, June 1983
INDEX
Architecture, f. 1-161
Arlington and Walnut Park Neighborhood, f. 80
Barnum' s Hotel, 10
Benton Park Neighborhood, f. 76
Bryan, John Albury, f. 1-3, 76, 84
Cabanne Place, f. 69
Carondelet, f. 77
Cass Avenue Iron Works and Foundry, f. 152
Centenary Baptist Church, f. 10
Churches, f. 9, 10, 84-93
City Hall, f. 27
City University, f. 10
Compton Heights, 129
Cupples Wharehouse, f. 15
Cupples House, 151
Custom House, f. 33
Fairgrounds Neighborhood, f. 79
Fire, 1849, f. 101
Fire Houses, f. 36
Fort de Chartes, f. 7
Fox Theater, f. 68
Fur Trade, f. 4
Gateway Mall, f. 143
Germans in St. Louis, f. 70
Hotels, f. 9, 10, 40
Hyde Park Neighborhood, f. 66
Labbadie, Joseph, f. 4
Labor Unions, f. 32
Laclede's Landing, f. 128
Lafayette Square, f. 76
LaSalle Park, f. 67
Lewis Place, f. 64
Lindell Hotel, f. 10, 40
Lisa Manuel, f. 31
Lyn Theater, f. 68
Merchant's Exchange, f. 9, 34
Missouri Tavern, f. 40
Mullanphy Emigrant House, f. 10
National Hotel, f. 40
Old Cathederal, f. 84
Old Courthouse, f. 9, 39, 139
Old Rock House, f. 31
Oak Hill and Morganford Neighborhood, 81
Olympic Theater, f. 28
People's Medical College, f. 10
People's Theater, f. 10
Planters Hotel, 40
Planters House, 40
Powell Hall, f. 68
Riverfront, f. 3, 71-73
Roubidoux, Joseph, f. 30
Roy, Jean Baptiste, f. 4
Shaw, Henry, f. 9
Shaw Place, f. 65
Soulard, f. 130
Southern Hotel, f. 9, 40
St. Francis Xavier Church, f. 9
St. Louis Theater, f. 68
St. Stanislaus Church, f. 138
St. Vincent de Paul Church, f. 9
Tower Grove, f. 9, 76
Union Iron and Foundry Cmpany, f. 153
Vandeventer Place, f. 78
VP Fair, f. 149
Westminster Place, f. 63
Winkle Terra Cotta Company, f. 156
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